Translating Pram: the first stop of the international project dedicated to Pramoedya Ananta Toer arrives in San Marino.

From 5 to 31 December 2025, Palazzo Graziani will host Translating Pram, an exhibition and curatorial research project dedicated to Indonesian writer and intellectual Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925–2006), a key figure in Southeast Asian literature and several times nominated for the Nobel Prize.

The project, curated by Berto Tukan, Chiara Giardi, Moch. Hasrul Indrabakti, and Paola Pietronave, explores the translations of Pramoedya’s works and the cultural connections they foster. A meaningful relationship links San Marino to the author: his only novel translated directly from Indonesian into Italian so far, Il fuggitivo (The Fugitive), was published in 2007 by a Sammarinese publisher. This is the aspect that inspired the choice to host the first stage of the project here.

With an opening on Friday 5 December, the public program continues throughout the month with film screenings, workshops, talks, and guided tours, including:

• 13 December at 15:00: Screening of the film Perburuan // The Fugitive

• 14 December at 15:00: Workshop Re-imagining the Timeline

• 20 December at 15:00: Multimedia presentation on the Javanese landscape by Paolo Rossi (Ldgu)

• 21 and 27 December at 15:00: Guided tour with the curatorial team

• 28 December at 15:00: Screening of the film Bumi Manusia // This Earth of Mankind

Every Tuesday – Reading group on the novel The Fugitive

Download programme here 

Download poster here